Table 22-1.
Metric Groups (Continued)
Metric group
Description
System
Overall system availability, such as system heartbeat and uptime. These counters are available directly
from ESX and from vCenter Server.
Virtual
Machine
Operations
Virtual machine power and provisioning operations in a cluster or datacenter.
For a complete list of all statistics available for ESX/ESXi hosts and collected by vCenter Server, see the
PerformanceManager API documentation pages in the vSphere API Reference.
Data Counters
vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi hosts use data counters to query for statistics. A data counter is a unit of
information relevant to a given object.
For example, network metrics for a virtual machine include one counter that tracks the rate at which data is
transmitted and another counter that tracks the rate at which data is received across a NIC instance.
To ensure performance is not impaired when collecting and writing the data to the database, cyclical queries
are used to collect data counter statistics. The queries occur for a specified collection interval. At the end of
each interval, the data calculation occurs.
Each data counter is comprised of several attributes that are used to determine the statistical value collected.
Table 22-2
lists data counter attributes.
Table 22-2.
Data Counter Attributes
Attribute
Description
Unit of
Measurement
Standard in which the statistic quantity is measured. One of:
n
KiloBytes (KB) – 1024 bytes
n
KiloBytes per second (KBps) – 1024 bytes per second
n
Kilobits (kb) – 1000 bits
n
Kilobits per second (kbps) – 1000 bits per second
n
Megabytes (MB)
n
megabytes per second (MBps)
n
megabits (Mb), megabits per second (Mbps)
n
megahertz (MHz)
n
microseconds (µs)
n
milliseconds (ms)
n
number (#)
n
percent (%)
n
seconds (s)
Description
Text description of the data counter.
Statistics Type
Measurement used during the statistics interval. The statistics type is related to the unit of
measurement. One of:
n
Rate – Value over the current statistics interval
n
Delta – Change from previous statistics interval.
n
Absolute – Absolute value (independent of the statistics interval).
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